CVE-2006-0071

N/A Unknown
Published: January 04, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

The ebuild for pinentry before 0.7.2-r2 on Gentoo Linux sets setgid bits for pinentry programs, which allows local users to read or overwrite arbitrary files as gid 0.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18284
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-01.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/22211
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16120
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/18284
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-01.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/22211
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16120
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
17th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

gentoo